There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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